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Cross-cultural Dialogue on the Virtues

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Religious Studies Book Series (volume 1)

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-07833-5

ISBN: 978-3-319-07832-8

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jul 11, 2014

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Introductory Overview of the Hizmet Movement

Conway, Trudy D.

Pages: 1 –12

[This chapter gives an introductory overview of the beginnings and on-going development of the Hizmet movement as a faith-based, growing international social movement of moderate Muslims committed to fostering peaceful interactions, humanitarian social responsibility and human development through...
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The Importance of the Virtues in General and Hospitality in Particular

Conway, Trudy D.

Pages: 13 –20

[This chapter introduces the key virtues cultivated and practiced by members of Hizmet movement. On a fundamental level, these virtues define the movement’s aspirational ideals as they inform the lives of its members and their initiatives. It situates this analysis broadly within an Islamic and...
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From Tolerance to Hospitality

Conway, Trudy D.

Pages: 21 –37

[This chapter explores the emergence in the Western philosophical tradition of tolerance as the quintessential modern Western virtue, articulated by John Locke and distinctly tied to the development of the Western liberal tradition. It argues that tolerance is a minimalist virtue with problematic...
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The Virtue of Hospitality: Gülen’s Understanding

Conway, Trudy D.

Pages: 39 –50

[This chapter offers an analysis of the emergence and importance of hospitality within the Hizmet movement. While undeniably affirming the importance of tolerance in a world filled with intolerance, its understanding of tolerance can be seen as entailing a call to persons to practice and promote...
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Hospitality and Related Virtues: Gülen’s Understanding

Conway, Trudy D.

Pages: 51 –74

[This chapter argues that the Hizmet movement draws on an understanding of tolerance more closely alligned with the more robust virtue of hospitality found in various religious traditions and far richer than the problematic modern Western conception of tolerance. The Hizmet practice of...
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Education: Development of the Intellectual and Moral Virtues

Conway, Trudy D.

Pages: 75 –90

[This chapter argues that the educational and social initiatives of the Hizmet movement are best understood as fundamentally oriented to the cultivation of the intellectual and moral virtues in the context of service to humanity. It explores the educational philosophy of Hizmet schools as focused...
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Service to Humanity: The Virtues of Compassion and Charity

Conway, Trudy D.

Pages: 91 –106

[This chapter argues that the virtues of compassion and charity play a major role in shaping the Hizmet movement’s understanding of service and philanthropy. Hospitality, compassion and charity form the triadic core of this movement. The virtue of compassion within the Western philosophical...
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Love as the Ultimate Virtue

Conway, Trudy D.

Pages: 107 –123

[The chapter argues that the ethic of love is the inner core of the Hizmet movement which shapes its understanding and practicing of all the moral and intellectual virtues. Drawing on a comparison with the hospitality focused ethic of the community of Le Chambon, France during World War II, the...

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